Lee S. Roberts

Leland Stanford Roberts (1884–1949), commonly known as Lee S. Roberts, was an American composer and pianist.

He is best known for his composition 'Smiles' with lyricist J. Will Callahan, written in 1917, but was a prolific composer across many genres of music.

He was also the vice-president of the QRS Music Roll Company, and recorded hundreds of piano rolls under his name and also the pseudonym Stanford Robar. He was particularly active in recording salon and ballad style music.

He lived in San Francisco.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1884, Died 1949

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, piano, songwriter, adapter, lyricist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-20501 10-in. 8/13/1917 Ching-chong Van Eps Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Victor B-21881 10-in. 6/3/1918 Smiles Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus composer  
Victor B-22165 10-in. 7/17/1918 Italian nights waltzes Victor Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Victor B-22198 10-in. 8/8/1918 Hawaiian nights waltzes Victor Orchestra Orchestra, with piano composer  
Victor B-22215 10-in. 8/16/1918 Smiles Maria Morrisey ; Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet and female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-22228 10-in. 9/9/1918 Smiles Lambert Murphy Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra composer  
Victor B-22255 10-in. 9/24/1918 Smiles John McCormack Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-22263 10-in. 9/27/1918 A little birch canoe and you Olive Kline Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra (takes 3-5); with mixed vocal quartet (takes 1-2) composer  
Victor B-22367 10-in. 1/30/1919 Mammy's lullaby Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Orchestra, with female vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-22567 10-in. 1/3/1927 Lonesome—that's all Lambert Murphy Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra composer  
Victor B-22567 10-in. 1/30/1919 Lonesome—that's all Lambert Murphy Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra composer  
Victor B-22599 10-in. 2/25/1919 After all Reinald Werrenrath Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra composer  
Victor B-23298 10-in. 10/10/1919 Patches Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-24359 10-in. 7/29/1920 Drowsy baby Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline Female vocal duet, with violin, bells, and orchestra adapter  
Victor B-24578 10-in. 11/24/1920 Hawaiian nights Frank Ferera ; Anthony J. Franchini Guitar duet (Hawaiian) composer  
Victor B-25008 10-in. 3/17/1921 Broken moon Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-28007 10-in. 5/15/1923 Oh! Harold! Zez Confrey Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-29704 10-in. 3/13/1924 Sad Hawaiian sea Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian) composer  
Victor BVE-40527 10-in. 10/31/1927 Hawaiian nights Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian) composer  
Victor BVE-47053 10-in. 9/18/1928 Smiles Jimmy Yates’ Boll Weevils String band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor PBVE-54853 10-in. 6/19/1930 Smiles Boyd Senter ; Senterpedes ; Ray Stillwell Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-58569 10-in. 2/11/1930 Lonesome—that's all David Buttolph ; National Cavaliers Male vocal quartet, with guitar and piano composer  
Victor MBS-90872 10-in. before 9/7/1937 Sonrisas Magos del Ritmo ; Paco Treviño Instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor PBVE-284 10-in. 4/25/1927 Lover's lane Lee S. Roberts Piano solo instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Victor PBVE-285 10-in. 4/25/1927 Sweetie sweet Lee S. Roberts Piano solo composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor PBVE-286 10-in. 4/25/1927 An old sweetheart of mine Lee S. Roberts Piano solo composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor PBVE-287 10-in. 4/25/1927 T' jours a moi Lee S. Roberts Piano solo composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor PBVE-334 10-in. 6/3/1927 Lovers Lane Ernest Loomis Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with violin solo composer  
Victor PBS-09633 10-in. 8/2/1937 Smiles Benny Goodman Quartet Jazz/dance quartet composer  
Victor BS-022438 10-in. 4/13/1938 Lonesome—that's all Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-022932 10-in. 4/28/1938 The grass is just as green Rose Blane ; Californians ; Abe Lyman Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-028616 10-in. 10/25/1938 Smiles Oklahoma Playboys ; Jimmie Revard String band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-034218 10-in. 2/24/1939 Lonesome—that's all Wayne King Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-063721 10-in. 4/7/1941 Smiles Larry Clinton Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble composer  
Victor PD6VB-2273 10-in. 6/3/1946 Lonesome- that's all Donald Dame ; Russ Case Orchestra Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Victor D9VB-1229 10-in. 4/1/1949 Smiles Main Street String Band String band, with vocal ensemble composer  
Victor [Trial 1920-01-29-04] Not documented 1/29/1920 Patches Rudy Wiedoeft's Palace Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Victor [Trial 1920-04-14-04] Not documented 4/14/1920 Please Landau Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 77506 10-in. 11/12/1917 Southern nights Prince's Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Columbia 77516 10-in. 11/16/1917 Smiles Earl Fuller ; Rector Novelty Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 77940 10-in. 6/29/1918 Hawaiian nights Louise and Ferera Waikiki Orchestra Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian) composer  
Columbia 77971 10-in. 7/26/1918 Smiles Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78051 10-in. 9/17/1918 A little birch canoe and you Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78228 10-in. 12/24/1918 After all Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78260 10-in. 1/22/1919 You don't know Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78286 10-in. 2/3/1919 Mammy's lullaby Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 78290 10-in. 2/5/1919 After all Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78381 10-in. 4/7/1919 Mammy's lullaby Happy Six Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 78414 10-in. 5/2/1919 Lonesome—that's all Ernest Burkhardt Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78444 10-in. 5/23/1919 Hawaiian nights Kalaluki Hawaiian Orchestra Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian) composer  
Columbia 78496 10-in. 6/17/1919 Lonesome—that's all Warren Proctor Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 78599 10-in. 7/25/1919 Cleo Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 78609 10-in. 7/29/1919 Lonesome—that's all Margaret Romaine Female vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 78693 10-in. 9/26/1919 Patches Art Hickman's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 78734 10-in. 10/12/1919 Patches Nora Bayes Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78777 10-in. 10/31/1919 Hawaiian nights Toots Paka Hawaiian Company Male vocal and instrumental ensemble, with guitars and ukulele (Hawaiian) lyricist, composer  
Columbia 78870 10-in. 12/18/1919 Just another kiss Paul Biese Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Columbia 79779 10-in. 3/7/1921 Broken moon Nora Bayes Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 79792 10-in. 3/22/1921 All for you Happy Six Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 49177 12-in. 4/10/1917 Hawaiian nights Prince's Orchestra ; G. Hepburn Wilson Orchestra composer  
Columbia 49212 12-in. 5/24/1917 Ching chong Prince's Band Band composer  
Columbia 49466 12-in. 7/3/1918 Smiles Frank E. Banta ; Albert Jockers Violin and piano duet composer  
Columbia 49489 12-in. 9/4/1918 Smiles Prince's Band Band composer  
Columbia 49519 12-in. 10/1/1918 A little birch canoe and you Prince's Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Columbia W145922 10-in. 3/27/1928 Patches Sol Hoopii's Novelty Trio Instrumental trio (Hawaiian) composer  
Columbia W147266 10-in. 10/23/1928 Smiles Hugh Cross ; Riley Puckett Male vocal duet, with guitar composer  
Columbia 76425 12-in. approximately 1919 Smiles Dan & Harvey's Jazz Band Instrumental ensemble composer  
Columbia 76776 12-in. approximately January 1920 Patches London Dance Orchestra ; Corelli Windeatt Orchestra composer  
Columbia W109995 10-in. November 1928 Hawaijan yö : Valssi Östman-Stein Orkesteri Instrumental ensemble composer  
OKeh 314 10-in. ca. Aug. 1918 Smiles Franklyn Kent ; Ruth Lenox Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
OKeh 359 10-in. ca. Sept. 1918 Smiles Wheeler Wadsworth Saxophone solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh 498 10-in. ca. Dec. 1918 After all Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
OKeh 538 10-in. ca. Dec. 1918 A little birch canoe and you Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
OKeh 588 10-in. ca. Jan. 1919 You don't know Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh 650 10-in. ca. Apr. 1919 After all Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-721 10-in. ca. June 1919 You don't know Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh S-754 10-in. approximately July 1919 Patches Rega Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh 864 10-in. ca. July 1919 Lonesome—that's all Joseph A. Phillips Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh S-7773 10-in. Feb. 1921 Broken moon Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh 8601 10-in. March 1924 Lonesome that's all Charlie Morrison Tenor vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh S-71522 10-in. May 1923 Oh! Harold Markel's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick [Br cat 5240-b] 10-in. approximately June 1918 Smiles Brunswick Military Band Band composer  
Brunswick [Br cat 5255-b] 10-in. approximately Aug. 1918 A little birch bark canoe and you Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick [Br cat 5280-a] 10-in. approximately late 1918 Hawaiian nights Louise and Ferera Instrumental duet (Hawaiian) composer  
Brunswick [Br cat 15252-a] 10-in. approximately Aug. 1918 Smiles Henry Burr ; Ruth Lenox Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick 3270 10-in. approximately Dec. 1919 Patches Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 5219 10-in. approximately Mar. 1921 Broken moon Mario Perry Accordion solo composer  
Brunswick 10560-10563 10-in. 5/4/1923 Oh! Harold Isham Jones Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 10747-10749 10-in. 5/25/1923 Lonesome, that’s all Fredric Fradkin Violin solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E16186-E16188 10-in. 8/20/1925 Lonesome, that's all Morton Downey ; Harry Perrella Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick E25451-E25452 10-in. 12/6/1927 Lonesome—that’s all Ewen Hail Male vocal solo, with string quartet and piano composer  
Brunswick E30540-E30541 10-in. 9/9/1929 Smiles Five Pennies ; Red Nichols Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) composer  
Edison 4741 10-in. 5/23/1916 After all Charles Harrison Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6209 10-in. 6/7/1918 Hawaiian nights waltz Frank Ferera ; Helen Louise ; Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra Jazz/dance band (Hawaiian) composer  
Edison 6254 10-in. between 7/1/1918 and 7/5/1918 Smiles Harmony Four Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6331 10-in. 8/19/1918 Smiles Jaudas' Society Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 6414 10-in. 10/23/1918 A little birch canoe and you Manuel Romain Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6420 10-in. between 10/10/1918 and 10/23/1918 Smiles Marie Rappold Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6611 10-in. 2/6/1919 Mammy's lullaby Premier Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6648 10-in. 3/4/1919 After all Irving Kaufman Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6759 10-in. 5/1/1919 Lonesome—that's all George Wilton Ballard Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6894 10-in. 7/31/1919 Cleo All Star Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Edison 7040 10-in. 12/2/1919 Sweet and low (Waltz) Tuxedo Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 7143 10-in. 2/3/1920 Patches Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 8951 10-in. 4/30/1923 Oh! Harold Atlantic Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 10051 10-in. July-Sept. 1924 Valse charme Ray Perkins Piano solo composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Roberts, Lee S.," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109584.

Roberts, Lee S.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109584.

"Roberts, Lee S.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.

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